Scottish Election Study, 1979

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The purpose of this study was to survey political attitudes in Scotland at the time of the May 3rd 1979 parliamentary election.

Derived from 1974 Scottish election study sample, using a Marchant-Blyth top up procedure to embed the panel in a 1979 cross-section. A number of questions were asked on the subject of Scottish devolution, including vote in the recent referendum. Other attitudinal/behavioural questions asked include:

attitude to recent changes taking place in Britain

perception of good and bad aspects of political parties

knowledge of party leaders, degree of interest in politics

opinion of each parties handling of certain issues

future prospects for the economy/unemployment/own income

opinion of trade unions and big business

degree of trust respondent would place in governments of different parties on various issues e.g. Scottish affairs